Tag: wiltshire

  • A daytrip to Salisbury

    A daytrip to Salisbury

    Salisbury is a beautiful medieval town in Wiltshire just eight miles from Stone Henge. It is chiefly famous for its magnificent early English gothic cathedral which has the highest spire in England and the best preserved copy of Magna Carta. Last Saturday some members of our walking group met at Temple Meads railway station in…

  • A winter walk through Bradford on Avon

    A winter walk through Bradford on Avon

    We returned to Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire for our last January walk. The town has long been a favourite of ours and in summer we love to stroll along the towpaths of the Kennet and Avon canal which connects the river Avon in Bath to the Thames at Reading and to stop for a…

  • Imber ghost village on Salisbury Plain

    Imber ghost village on Salisbury Plain

    In 1943 the civilian population of Imber Village was evacuated to make way for American troops preparing for the D Day landings at the end of the Second World War. The villagers were told they would be able to return once hostilities were over. They never did. Imber is now an eerie ghost village and…